Sound Explorer

Sound Explorer v0.8.1 Early Preview

Spectrogram viewer and audio player for field recordings.
Visualize, navigate, and listen to WAV files at any speed.

or drag & drop WAV files anywhere on this page

Spectral analysis

Explore recordings up to 384 kHz with configurable FFT, window functions, and six colormaps

Tape-speed playback

Reinterpret sample rate to make ultrasonic content audible — slow down bat calls, speed through dawn chorus

Wall-clock timecodes

Read BWF/iXML metadata to navigate by time of day and match recordings to real-world events

Live capture

View a real-time spectrogram from your microphone or sound card, record segments, and export as WAV

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All processing happens locally — your files never leave your device

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Session

Title Project Recordist License Tags

Time

Start End Timezone

Location

Preset

Name Region

GPS Elev (m)

Environment

Conditions

Weather

Temp (°C) Humidity (%)

Wind Noise floor

Equipment

Recorder model

SR Bits

Phantom 48V Plug-in power Limiter

Gain (dB) Highpass (Hz) Setup Accessories

Microphones

Channel Routing

Notes

Audio

Gain 0 dB

Vol

Input

Spectrogram

Brightness 0 dB

Contrast 90 dB

FFT

Window

Colors

Frequency

Min

Max

Preset

Log

Ready

Space	Play / Pause
← / →	Seek ±1s (±10s with Shift)
↑ / ↓	Spectrogram gain ±5 dB
+ / -	Zoom in / out
F	Fit entire file
S	Zoom to selection
T	Trim to selection
U	Untrim (restore full view)
G	Focus Go To input
Home / End	Jump to start / end
Esc	Clear selection

Left-click + drag	Select time range
Right-click + drag	Pan view
Click (no drag)	Seek to position
Scroll wheel	Zoom in / out

Sound Explorer v0.8.1 Early Preview

Keyboard Shortcuts

Mouse